myself. ♪ today's music ain't got the same soul. jillian: look at this. you're taking a live look at the cleveland clinic campus where the very first 2020 presidential debate will be held tomorrow night. 9:00 p.m. can you believe it? it's here. todd: cleveland of course the home of the rock and roll hall of fame, that song, old time rock and roll. i like to mention it, that's good time producing there. impressive. jillian: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. we're one day away from the first presidential debate moderated by our very own chris wallace. jillian: president trump and joe biden launching attacks before coming face-to-face on the stage. todd: he's our rock star, griff jenkins live from cleveland with more on the political showdown. >> reporter: not in the hall of fame but i'm here for the first debate. it's going to be exciting. it's going to look very

different from anything you've ever seen. you will not see the candidates do the predebate handshake, nor will they even do an elbow bump. they will be socially distanced but not wearing masks. there will be an audience, very limited, about 80 to 100 people that will be the ticketed guests along with media, security and help staff. in the end, there will be no spin room. now, here's how it's going to break down. chris wallace has 90 minutes, no commercials, he will do six 15 minute segments with these topics, their records, the coronavirus, the economy, race and violence in america and the integrity of the election and as you mentioned we have fighting words from the candidates. take a listen. >> i'm willing to take a drug test. i think he should too. because he's had a very uneven -- i watched him with some of the -- when he was debating pocahontas and harris who treated him so badly but i watched him. and he was out of it.

right. and then i watched him against bernie sanders and he was okay. >> reporter: biden's spokeswoman shooting back in a statement saying vice president biden plans to deliver his answers in words. obviously, also front and center biden calling on the senators yesterday to reject amy coney barrett's confirmation. >> the senate has to stand stong for our democracy, they must not act on this nomination until the american people finish the process they've already begun of selecting their president and their congress. >> reporter: now, he's off the campaign trail today but his campaign putting up an ad over this new york times report that said the president paid $750 in his first year in office, the president disputing that. we'll find out perhaps if he has more to say about that at a rose garden event today, the president holding over the

coronavirus. before that happens, in just about 50 minutes, you'll hear from pete hegseth who had the opportunity over the weekend to sit down and interview the president, get insights into his preparations. todd, gillian. todd: looking forward to that. thanks, griff. jillian: chris wallace also moderated a debate in 2016 between president trump and hillary clinton. he shared some strategies for keeping them on topic this time around. >> one of these two people will be the next president of the united states and my job is to be as invisible as possible and try to get them to engage, to focus on the key issues, to give people at home a sense of why i want to vote for one versus the other. but if i've done my job right, at the end of the night, people will say that was a great debate. who was the moderator? todd: meantime, more democrats vowing they won't meet with the president's supreme court nominee, including senate minority leader chuck schumer. >> i believe first that the

whole process has been illegitimate and, second, because she's already stated that she is for overturning the aca. todd: fellow new york senator kirstin gillibrand said she won't either, saying i refuse to participate in the further degradation of our democracy. some senators accuse barrett of wanting to overturn obamacare and roe v wade. cory booker said she will meet with booker asking her to recuse herself from any election issues. jillian: louisville, kentucky under curfew this morning after a weekend of unrest over the breonna taylor case. todd: as newly released police body cam video raises questions about her death. ashley strohmier has more. >> reporter: a 9:00 p.m. curfew

was in place all weekend. it won't be lifted until 6:30 a.m. this follows unrest in the city of louisville, the mayor calling it a move to keep people safe. this weekend consisted of arrests, properties being set on fire, you can see the car on fire, threats against police. a 27-year-old man was arrested for apparently threatening to shoot police. officers say this man, cortez edwards, held a semiautomatic rifle on facebook live and requested $30,000 to shoot you louisville metro officers in the scene in front of his home, in the wake of a grand jury's decision not to charge three officers related to the death of breonna taylor back in march. body camera footage claims the officers involved were in violation of policy. a new report does not confirm that her boyfriend fired the shots that hit an officer. this contradicts what the ag said on wednesday.

>> kenneth walker fired the shot that hit sergeant mattingly. there's no evidence to support that sergeant mattingly was hit by friendly fire from other officers. >> reporter: walker's attorney responded saying the entire coverup is unraveling rapidly. if the fbi report shows something different, then let's see it. several arrests were made during protests in seattle. police say demonstrators were lighting fires, smashing windows and vandalizing buildings. oregon's governor, kate brown, is thanking law enforcement for keeping people safe during conflicting rallies, and a rally that was led by a far right group called the proud boys clashed with mas with black livr row testers on saturday. 30 people were arrested during the protests on saturday, guys. jillian: ashley, thank you. todd: the former louisville police detective charged in

connection with the breonna taylor case will face a judge today. brett hankison will arraigned on wanton endangerment charges. officials say he blindly fired bullets into the apartment next to breonna taylor's home with three people inside, including a child. jillian: evacuation orders are underway overnight as new wildfires grow rapidly in california's napa valley. thousands of homes now being threatened. the glass fire burning more than 2500 acres and is spreading at a, quote, dangerous rate. two other nearby fires have now merged. high winds and dry heat are creating critical risks for firefighters. todd: it's football time, to an exciting week three in the nfl. gosh, he just throws the ball so effortlessly. that is aaron rodgers, that is aaron rodgers throwing for over 300 yards to lift the packers

over drew brees and the saints. russell wilson is having a sec hecheckof a year too, five toucn passes, final there, 38-31. jillian: the atlanta falcons blowing a fourth quarter lead. >> third down and 8. the bears are in field goal range. the pass is caught in the end zone for a touchdown by ant my miller! jillian: chicago wins, 30-26. a watts family reunion, jj posting a photo with the caption it started in the backyard. as for the game, steelers beat the texans, 28-21, all three meeting on the field after the game. todd: that's cool. they do subway commercials and play football which is awesome. some heroic moments caught on camera, three dallas police officers saving a man from this

fiery wreck. jillian: we are one day away from the first presidential debate. who has the edge heading into tomorrow? we have our own debate on that, next. ♪ let's give them something to talk about. ♪ something to talk about. ♪ let's give them something to talk about. ♪ how about love

>> we had debate prep before we came here. i do debate prep every day. i'm taking questions from you people all the time. >> i guess it's going to be straight attack, it's going to be mostly personal. it's the only thing he knows how to do. todd: president trump and joe biden facing off against each other on the debate stage tomorrow night, a little over one month until election day. who has the edge tomorrow night? joining me now for a debate of our own, republican strategist,

amy tarkanian and democratic strategist, anthony toll. how does trump win tomorrow night? >> i think he needs to allow vice president biden to unravel on his own. i doesn't need to a-- he doesn't need to attack him personally. we've seen his missteps, his gaffes, the fact that he calls it a cap early on on the number of days. the president is zooming from the east coast to the west coast, attending rallies with thousands and thousands of people and i think the american people will actually see for themselves that the president is quick on his feet, he knows his issues and vice president biden is going to fall apart on his own. he'll unravel. todd: anthony, how does biden win the debate? >> i think she just answered that. the republicans have set the bar so low, that as long as biden doesn't show up in his swim trunks and his honolulu t-shirt, he's going to win. i mean, they set the bar so low

and now that as long as former vice president biden shows up there and holds any type of debate, he's going to be seen as having the edge. i would advise him and the campaign in the strategy that they don't get caught up in the insults and personal yo attacks that the president may launch against him. if he could just hold his own by making a couple of good statements he's going to be the winner. i think it will be -- i think biden will have the edge. i think he should keep it focused on the economy and on the coronavirus. i don't think he should veer off and go too much into the supreme court nomination because that's a losing issue at this point. we know it's going of to happen. i think talking about that makes him look like a sore loser. other than that, i think the vice president will do fine. i think that's going to give him the edge. todd: you brought up issues. let's put up the topics for the first presidential debate up on our screen. you see them right there.

amy, which one of these do you think president trump really needs to double down on and hit joe biden hard? >> i can't actually see them on my end. i'm going to guess that the economy is listed there. so the fact that he was able to build such a robust economy prior to covid, we know that he can do it again and i think that's a big focus. and the supreme court nomination of amy coney barrett, i think that's really going to help just reenergize the evangelical base, the catholic base and the suburban moms. todd: i find it fascinating that you said he needs to really hit the supreme court hard and anthony, you said biden needs to slow roll that. that is an interesting development that i will be monitoring. with that, obviously a number of the votes are already in because of early voting. that begs the question, is there really a chance for either candidate to sway undecided voters? there's a poll out there, that says 11% of voters still undecided as this first debate

approaches. anthony, what say you? is tuesday's debate going to sway anybody? >> probably just a very small sliver. i think by now, the american people have made up their minds on the president, whether they love him or they're going to vote for him or not. there's a possibility -- let me say it this way. you know if you have a loser or winner in a president but it's up to the vice president to take it from him at this point, to take it to him. if he can do that, that small sliver of 11 or i think it's even lower than that, 10 or 9%, i think he will gather them in because if after four years of seeing the president they haven't decided that he's their guy to go forward and then there's a new guy, they're obviously waiting to hear something different based upon all the policies and everything that the president has tried to implement. todd: you just said it, three minutes ago, the president is hitting the campaign trail hard, trying to get those votes. but that's the question.

are there enough undecided votes out there to make a difference? >> well, here in the state of nevada, the fastest growing voter registration is nonpartisan and third party and then you have the democrats in the lead and then the republicans trailing. so we do have a lot of undecided voters, a lot of third party voters who are still waiting in the wings for the taking and that's why you've seen president trump here recently hold numerous rallies and send out his sons, eric and don junior, kimberley gilfoil so they can keep the base energized and hope -- also bring in the democrats or nonpartisan. todd: tomorrow night is going to be something else. we appreciate you being here to set it up for us. amy and anthony, have a great day. >> you too. todd: over to you. jillian: it is 17 minutes after the hour. concerns on the rise after a 6-year-old boy died from a brain

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we're nearing the end of september. what does this mean for the next few months ahead? >> it means now more than ever our behavior matters. we've got to continue with physical distancing, social distancing, wearing our masks, keeping our hands washed and clean. we cannot let our guard down especially as we approach flu season. you can have the flu and coronavirus simultaneously and if that happens, your risk of death can double. so it's really important that we stick to our mitigation efforts because we don't want to see these large number of deaths especially at the end of the year as predicted by the ihme. jillian: we'll continue to follow that. let's talk about what's going on in one texas county. there's a city there that declared a disaster after a brain eating amoeba is found in tap water as a result of this, a 6-year-old boy died. this is scary. i think parents all across the country are worried about this. what do you know about it? what are the symptoms to look out for? >> although it is deadly,

fortunately it is a rare infection that affects the brain, causes inflammation in the brain. what happens is this amoeba, which lives naturally in our environment, in our soil, in warm bodies of water, hot springs, it enters the brain through the nose and that can happen if you jump into a body of water or go diving or somehow you have contaminated water supply as we see in texas. some early symptoms could be fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite. for some people it progresses and you can develop seizures, a stiff neck, even hallucinations and a coma and it can be deadly. we've only had about 3 o 30 casn the united states in the past 1 of of years. it's rare but deadly. about 97% of people who get it will pass away. if you can dehe detective it early, there -- detect it early, there is treatment. it can be treated. listen to your local health experts, the cdc. don't use the water if you're in those cities, in texas right

now, until you get clearance from the local health authorities. jillian: the bottom line especially right now, with coronavirus, obviously being at the forefront of most people's minds is if you don't feel right, if you have symptoms to call your doctor, right? >> absolutely, that's right. because most of the times if we catch something early, better prognosis. in the meantime, take care of yourself, get plenty of rest, eat fruits and vegetables, exercise, no smoking all that sort of thing. jillian: thank you as all. we appreciate it. >> thank you so much. todd: time now, 24 minutes after the hour. some democrats refuse to meet with her while others push this. >> i think that she should step forward and say that she will recuse herself from any election contest involving this president. todd: but should amy coney barrett have to refuse herself from election related cases? judicial watch president tom fiten says no. he explains, next. and taking the plunge literally. marriage proposal making waves

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>> it was illegitimate from the beginning. >> we can stop this nomination if the american people rise up and say no. >> we should not be barreling forward with this partisan nomination. >> we can slow it down, perhaps a matter of hours, maybe days at the most but we can't stop the outcome. jillian: democrats not holding back as the senate aims to start confirmation hearings in two weeks. todd: can democrats stop the outcome? joining us live, president of judicial watch, tom fiten. this is the number one question i get asked. wake us through what the democrats can do to throw a wrench in this process. >> as senator durbin suggested

there a few procedural delays that they can try to insert the process, nothing substantial that would prevent judge amy coney barrett from being confirmed before the election. jillian: do you think this happens before? i mean, i know we're hearing the process could start october 12th. >> there's plenty of time to confirm her. justice ginsburg when she was nominated, it only took 42 days. i think justice o'connor took a little over a month. so this is just a process that's put in place, this confirmation process at least before the committee, frankly isn't needed. at this point, as far as i'm concerned, it's a courtesy to the left given what they did to kavanaugh. it's not going to educate anyone as to judge barrett's qualifications or suitability for the bench. it's going to be a vehicle to punish her and if i were the republicans, either i consistent strain them as much as possible to protect the institution of the court from the leftists.

i was there for kavanaugh. i saw what they did. it should be avoided at all costs if i were senator graham. todd: meantime, tom, one of the reasons that president trump wanted of to get this nominee confirmed prior to november 3rd is to address election related issues that could come up in the days following the election. however, democrats and some in the media are saying that amy coney barrett, if confirmed, should not handle those election related issues. take a listen. >> i think that she should step forward and say that she will recuse herself from any election contest involving this president. >> if she does not recuse herself, i fear that the court will be further delegit miffed. >>mized.todd: tom, you say shed not recuse herself. why? >> it's absurd. the judicial ethics rules to the degree they apply to the supreme court don't require and specifically reject the idea

that a justice or judge recuse themselves because the president, who appointed them, is involved in the case. now, if she was involved with a specific piece of litigation that she heard or handled in the lower courts or has a personal financial interest with a potential party, that's when she recuses herself. she doesn't recuse herself because the president appointed her. if this were the standard, then the obama appointees would have to recuse themselves. frankly, the clinton appointees would have to recuse themselves and you wouldn't have a court be able to make a decision and that's why the judicial ethics rules don't require their recusal. if anyone needs to consider recusal it should be someone like senator harris who is on the committee and has a personal vested interest on the decision making in the senate. jillian: i'm curious your opinion on this. for the last kim weeks, a lot -- couple weeks, a lot of focus has

been on how different people on both sides have been flip-flopping their opinion on this issue. how do you think this plays out in the court of public opinion as we lead up to november 3rd. >> i'm sure it works both ways. if you're on the conservative side, i think it's going to motivate folks to be excited for election day. if you're on the left, they say it motivates folks. if they see a big loss it may depress turnout for the left. who knows. todd: tom, quickly. 15 seconds remaining. how vital is it that we have nine justices for this election? >> in my view, the left wants to try to use the courts to steal the election and to rig the election beforehand. justice -- well, i'm speaking ahead of time here. judge barrett can't get on the court soon enough. todd: understood. jillian: tom, thank you, as always a for joining us. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. todd: former fbi director james comey set to be grilled about

the bureau's russia probe. he will testify on wednesday. his former second in command, andrew mccabe, agreed to sit before the committee on october 6th. this comes after an interview revealed an agent criticized the investigation into former national security advisor michael flynn, accusing investigators of having a get trump attitude. jillian: the number of nypd officers hurt in the line of duty skyrocketing in the violent anti-police protests. it's up 47% from last year. retired nypd officer darrin porcher joined us earlier, calling for change. >> police are our first line of defense and we can't have a consistent narrative of officers being you attacked by people in the street and these riots or protests tend to go unmatched. jillian: police say at least 472 officers have been hurt responding to riots and protests since late may. 319 of those officers needed treatment at a hospital.

take a look at this, body camera video shows dallas officers and bystanders saving a man from a fiery crash. >> yo, back away from the vehicle. you all get away. jillian: officers and good samaritans rushing to rescue the man trapped inside his burning car. one of the officers describing those terrifying moments. >> it was hot like an oven, the car was melting and dripping onto me. jillian: the man was taken to a hospital and treated for burns. the crash is under investigation. todd: here you go, a man takes the plunge and proposes to his girlfriend this way. watch this. >> it's a fairytale. todd: it almost looked poetic. the man rested his hand on the

accelerator on the boat, causing him to speed off and get thrown into the water. the woman did appear to say yes to the proposal. she also appears to round-house kick him. jillian: my goodness. congrats to them. it is 35 minutes after the hour. tiktok keeps ticking in the u.s. for now, the potential ban on the app hitting a roadblock overnight. todd: this is a wild story. did you hear about this? from super bowl champ to superhero, how joe monda montana stopped a kidnapper in his own home. ♪ i need you and your love too. ♪ come on and rescue me. ♪ come on, baby, and rescue me. election...

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govern by the rule of law as core foundations. you can see it from africa to southeast asia to south america. you can see those countries now recognizing the threat that is posed to their freedom, their liberty, to they've sovereignity, that the chinese communist party poses and we haven't begun to build out the global coalition to push back. it will take years to accomplish this. we have turned the corner. i believe the tide has turned in terms of the recognition of the threat that this authoritarian regime in china presents. todd: in a fox news exclusive interview, secretary of state mike pompeo warning of the dangers china poses to the world, calling on other countries to recognize the threat on the communist nation. pompeo saying the previous administration did not understand the threat china poses to the u.s. and to the world. jillian: tiktok gets a temporary stay, a federal judge blocks president trump's executive order banning the chinese based video sharing app.

todd: or tiktok correspondent, cheryl casone here with the latest on the ruling. cheryl: good morning. it's a huge story. so a federal judge did block the administration's tiktok download ban hours before it was set to go into effect yesterday. this ruling gives bytedance more time to get approval from u.s. and chinese officials to get a deal done with oracle and walmart. here's the statement from tiktok. we will continue defending our rights for the benefit of our community and employees. at the same time, we're also going to maintain our ongoing dialogue with the government to turn our proposal which the president gave his preliminary approval to last weekend into an agreement. so judge carl nichols asked both sides to propose a timeline for more detailed arguments. this is the second time in a week the courts have struck down the administration's ban on chinese apps. there was a ban on wechat that

was blocked last week. u.s. officials are worried that data tiktok collects on american users will be shared with the chinese government. jillian: i feel old saying this. this 3d printing world, i don't understand it. i don't understand now how there are homes that are 3d printed. cheryl: i'm with you. i agree with you. it's fascinating to me. here's what this is, 3d printed homes are created in 24 hours and they're being shipped only in california so far. this is a 350 square foot unit, made out of synthetic stone cured under uv light and smoothed out by robotic arms. this is the first time a 3d home was made in 24 hours. you can only get it in california. the small unit is $115,000. they'rthis could be the best shd ever made. jillian: i agree. i don't -- it's a process that i don't understand. cheryl: yeah. think of a gigantic like in a

warehouse 3d printer looking thing. i went down a rabbit hole this morning, thank you producer for this, to see how this was done. it's fascinating. it's all robotics. jillian: looks cool. thanks, cheryl. todd: 42 minutes after the hour. a democratic senator calling out hillary clinton for urging joe biden to not concede to president trump. >> i disagree with hillary clinton. i respect her. i like her. i think she is flat-out wrong. jillian: what senator dick durbin says will be key in the next election. todd: first let's check in with brian kilmeade to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> the clock is ticking down to the first presidential debate mod rated by chris wallace. with trump taking tough questions from the press while joe biden's been holed up in debate prep for at least four days. we'll talk with one of the best presidential debate coaches ever and get his analysis.

and kayleigh mcenany, very much in on the debate prep for the president, she'll be here live to maybe give us insight and donald trump junior on the new story about trump's taxes and more on what's at stake in the supreme court as amy coney barrett's nomination is front and center and the boycott talks is already beginning. will it matter at all? we'll talk about the covid-19 restrictions affecting the debate as well as those interviews with barrett. and michigan gop senate candidate john james on how the high court drama could impact his race to become the senator from michigan. don't miss a minute. we have a lot to go over. i'm taking attendance. gradually get dressed, unless you're in a zoom class today, then it doesn't matter. just a shirt. don't forget your lunch!

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jillian: welcome back. the president firing back after the new york times reports he paid no federal income tax for 10 of the past 15 years. the times report claims the president paid only 75 $750 in taxes the year he was elected and again during his first year in office. the president says the report is completely false. >> total fake news. actually, i paid tax. we should give those pulitzer prizes back because everything is wrong. their reporting was so bad. they were wrong. it was exactly the opposite. jillian: a statement obtained by fox news from a trump lawyer says the president has paid, quote, tens of millions in federal taxes. todd: democratic senator dick durbin calling out hillary clinton for urging joe biden not to concede the president trump in the election. >> i disagree with hillary clinton. i respect her. i like her. i think she is flat-out wrong. the election will be announced,

the winner will be announced some time. whoever the winner is, if it's clear and legal that should be announced and the other party should concede. todd: clinton citing mail-in voting will drag out election results. durbin says the key to our democracy is a peaceful transition of power. jillian: a former illinois state football coach sparking controversy with a social justice sign he reportedly posted before quitting. todd: carley shimkus is here with more on both sides of the story. carley: yeah. that's right, good morning, guys. kiter bucker was the -- kurt bucker was the offensive coordinator. he quit last week and left a sign on his office door saying all lives matter, to our lord and savior, jesus christ. his name might sound familiar. he comes from a big football family. his dad was a general manager, his nephew is cj besser, the backup quarterback tore the san

francisco 49ers. he didn't reveal exactly why he left the team. it comes after a black lives matter poster was removed from the team's locker room which caused a lot of controversy. he says he has nothing to do with that poster being removed but it does sound like he feels differently about the black lives matter movement than others might within the organization, guys. todd: interesting. carley, you mentioned 49ers quarterbacks, perhaps the most famous 49ers quarterback of all time in an absolutely bizarre and wild story. carley: yeah. absolutely. every grand parent and parent's worst nightmare, joe montana and his wife jennifer prevented a home intruder from kidnapping her grandchild on saturday. montana tells police a woman entered their home and picked up the 9-month-old baby who was sleeping in a playpen, they confronted that woman and tried to deescalate the situation. according to police, a tussle occurred and jennifer montana was able to pry the baby out of

the woman's arms. montana posted a tweet saying thank you to everyone who has reached out, scary situation but thankful that everyone is doing well. the woman by the way fled the scene. police later caught up to her. she is now facing kidnapping and burglary charges. jillian: that's scary. carley: absolutely, yeah. thank god everybody's okay. jillian: carley, thank you. todd: time now, 50 minutes after the hour. pete hegseth sits down with president trump after he announces his supreme court pick. jillian: pete joins us live next on his exclusive interview. >> would potentially rule on a life issue. >> it's certainly possible. and maybe they do it in a different way.

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>> this is a person who is just outstanding. a great student, a great scholar. and it was time time for a woman with justice ginsburg. when this happened, it just seemed like a natural fit. todd: the president's supreme court nominee amy coney barrett will likely come up during tomorrow night night's debate. pete hegseth asked her about it in exclusive sitdown interview. jillian: pete hegseth joins us now with the exclusive interview. what was your biggest take away? >> biggest take away was the quiet confidence of the

president and his team. they felt like, you know, the legacy of a third pick in a first term in almost unprecedented. they felt like amy coney barrett was a perfect replacement of rudy giuliani, a woman on this court for another woman. and they ultimately felt like you could tell through the questions they very much have the confirmation process in front of them in full view. they were very cautious and careful about how they are going to answer the questions. let the process play out no. reason to get too far ahead of anything. but there was a general, a huge sense, guys, of history, of graft. gravity. my wife and i had a chance to be in the rz garden for the ceremony. patriotic setting. chairs, podium. there is amy coney barrett, her husband, and seven kids. you sort of take it in for what it is and then step back and realize this is going to reshape the supreme court for a generation. and when she stands up there and says i love the united states and i love the united states' constitution and effect tiff live i'm a disciple of antonin

scalia. you know the type of justice you are getting. for people that voted for president trump, it's a validation of the belief that they were voting for someone who would put people faithful to the constitution on the court, guys. todd: pete, you sort of alluded to this yesterday on the big weekend show. disprib the feeling. -- describe the feeling, the sense you got from amy coney barrett. i want you to describe your sense of her in that rose garden with all that was happening around you. >> i mean stow stoic. steely eyed. you could tell she is a mother invested in her family as well. just a powerful, strong, smart, woman exactly the type of person we would want on the supreme court as a demonstration for her women and for all americans. and when i had a chance to ultimately i wanted to cut to the chase when talking to the president, guys there is a ton

of issues at issue here. the reason it's going to be such a big battle is, that life -- literally life is at stake. roe v. wade, the question of the future status of abortion in our country, a decision made in 1973, that's animated, conservatives, catholics for many years feeling like it was wrongly decided and there are other alternatives. i went to the president and said does this pick of amy coney barrett potentially shift the future of roe v. wade? here's what he said. pete: do you think a 6 to 3 court with three of your picks on there, mr. president, would potentially rule on a life issue, on a roe issue, a life issue. >> potentially maybe they do it in a different way. give it back to the states. interpret the constitution as written. i feel like i know what he what she is doing on the second amendment but i can't speak for her. they will probably be ruling on the second amendment and various other things. they say it's the most important thing a president can do.

pete: i asked the president if he had spoke with specific rulings with amy coney barrett. he said i have not. it would be helpful for her nut confirmation process. it didn't feel like the right thing to do. more just general judicial philosophy. and a recognition that the people on the list the president submitted were the types of people he wants, origina origin, texas actualists. she certainly fits that bill. jillian: you had a chance to talk to him about the upcoming debate tomorrow night. pete: there is a debate tomorrow night? the debate is coming up. everyone is going to be watching. how are you preparing specifically, mr. president? >> we can prepare every day. i think when you are president, you sort of see everything that they are going to be asking and they may disagree with you, but, we have done a great job. we created the greatest economy in history. and there has never been, from an employment standpoint, from every standpoint, and now it's coming back.

pete: talking to his folks on the side, guys there, doesn't seem there is a -- joe biden on stage and chris wallace and let's totally rehearse this thing. it's much more of an informal throw questions at the boss. make sure he is ready are to the way joe biden. they think joe biden is probably going to come out swinging. that's their guess. we will see what happens. todd: it will be fascinating. do you think he is ready? pete: he is right in that he doesn't stop. the guy works mornings to night. follows all the news and questions. takes questions almost every day. questions you have to have that one or two things to return to biden when he makes an attack and i think that's what they're preparing him for. jillian: you almost wonder, pete, in the 15 or so seconds remaining if joe biden had taken questions the last few months would that have helped him to prepare. pete: may have been a disservice by taking nothing but softballs. i don't know is there a lid on his campaign already today? i haven't heard. jillian: don't forget to set your dvv 4:00 a.m. every morning

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